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The Ministry of Agriculture and Water will begin this week the campaign to control the locust within an area of ​​250 hectares, in the place of Ardal in Jumilla.

Also conduct surveys in other areas to assess the evolution of pest, if necessary perform phytosanitary applications to avoid crop damage.

The main species that acts in the region is the Mediterranean lobster (Dociostaurus maroccanus) a small ortóptero performing his productions uncultivated soils, and in areas of stony wastelands.

Each female lays inside popularly called "internodes" averaging 25 to 30 eggs.

The Director General of Agro Industry and Agricultural Training, Ángel García Lidón, said "this plague mainly affects several areas of the Altiplano region and covers approximately 1,600 hectares."

In this regard, he noted that "the damage initially will occur on spontaneous vegetation and subsequently passed on to neighboring crops, which can destroy a whole. Damages primarily affect the culture of the vine and to a lesser extent to almond and fruit. "

Control measures are based on phytosanitary treatments in the early stages of the pest, with low environmental impact products that inhibit the formation of chitin and prevent complete metamorphosis, so it is necessary to act on the early larval stages to obtain a Good efficacy.

These applications are traditionally performed through aerial treatments, because of the magnitude achieved by this pest and the need to cover large areas of land, which makes the application by land.

However, the publication of the Directive on sustainable use of plant protection products has limited aerial spraying campaigns official control, and which require a series of emergency measures, information and control its execution.

Exceptional authorization of the Ministry

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, at the request of several regions, has recently granted exceptional leave to aerial application of a formula based on the active ingredient diflubenzuron, which applies under the ULV system, thereby that the amount of insecticide used is very low.

The Ministry has made the necessary administrative arrangements for air treatment, which requires, among other things, an implementation plan with appropriate technical, flight and risk mitigation and information to citizens.

Source: CARM